get it off (your) chest

to tell someone about something that has been worrying you or making you feel guilty for a long time, in order to make you feel better.

It was something that had been bothering me for some time and it felt good to get it off my chest.

• raise someone's hackles
• raise the ante
• raise the roof
• raise the spectre of
• raise the spectre of something
• raise the stakes
• raise the tone
• raise your game
• raise your hackles
• raise your hand against
• raise your hand against someone
• raise your hand to
• raise your hand to someone
• rake in
• rake in something
• rake-off
• rake over the ashes
• rake over the coals
• ram down someone's throat
• ram down throat
• ramp up
• ramp up something
• ram something down someone's throat
• ram something down throat
• rank-and-file